Deploy Edge Router as Docker container

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• In the NetFoundry console, create an Edge Router that is not "hosted". This means your Edge Router is self-hosted instead of NetFoundry's datacenter. Click the "registration key" button to copy it to your clipboard..

Deploy Autonomous Ziti-Router Docker Image

• Run ziti-router as a container. The ziti-router binary is saved under the persistent volume and autonomously maintains a consistent software versions to the Network Controller.
• This image requires access to a NF console router registration key, and a persistent volume mounted at "/etc/netfoundry" to save the configuration file that is created when the one-time registration key is consumed.
• Environment Variables
  • REG_KEY: The router registration key retrieved from nfconsole.
  • VERBOSE: Turn on the verbose mode.
• Volumes
  • /etc/netfoundry: Configuration files that result from enrollment will be stored here. This volume should be persistent to preserve the identity of the edge router. If this configuration is lost, it will be necessary to re-register your Edge Router. 

Example Docker Deployment

# create directory to map to /etc/netfoundry
$ mkdir ./ziti_router

$ docker run --name netfoundry-er -v $(pwd)/ziti_router:/etc/netfoundry \
    -e REG_KEY=<registration_key from console> \
    -e VERBOSE=1 \
    netfoundry/autonomous-router:latest

              or to run in background 

$ docker run --name netfoundry-er -d -v $(pwd)/ziti_router:/etc/netfoundry \
    -e REG_KEY=<registration_key from console> \
    -e VERBOSE=1 \
    netfoundry/autonomous-router:latest

Notes:

• The ziti-router only runs the edge component.
• The REG_KEY environment variable must be set to register the ziti-router to the network.
• The VERBOSE environment variable is optional.
• The "/etc/netfoundry" directory must be mounted on its own volume.
• The Ziti Router container will update automatically and cannot be upgraded manually.

Example Docker-Compose Deployment

example docker-compose.yaml file

version: '3'
services:
  autonomous-er:
    container_name: netfoundry-er
    image: netfoundry/autonomous-router:latest
    pull_policy: always
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - VERBOSE=1
      - REG_KEY=<registration_key from console>
    volumes:
      - ./ziti_router:/etc/netfoundry

Options in the docker-compose.yaml file:

• pull_policy (always): will update the autonoumous-router to the latest version very time docker-compose up is executed.
• restart: will start the container again if the entry point exits.

To start the container:

docker-compose up -d

To update the container, you will need to restart the container.

docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d

Retrieve logs

To retrieve logs from the container, use "docker logs" command.

Example:

# docker logs netfoundry-er

To display log and monitor the real time output:

# docker logs -f netfoundry-er

To save the log to a file (example using filename "er-container-log-0829.log":

# docker container logs netfoundry-er >er-container-log-0829.log 2>&1